Bill Nye's Chestnuts Old and New
by Bill Nye
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- BILL NYE'S CHESTNUTS OLD AND NEW
- NEW YORK JOHN W. LOVELL COMPANY
- 1888
- CHESTNUTS OLD AND NEW.
- CHESTNUT-BURR. I.—THE SHAKESPEARE-BACON PUZZLE WRESTLED WITH CONSCIENTIOUSLY.
- CHESTNUT-BURR II—HOW THE GLORIOUS FOURTH WAS CELEBRATED AT WHALEN'S GROVE LAST YEAR.
- ENCOURAGING GREEN JOKES.
- CHESTNUT-BURR III—BILL NYE FINDS COLOROW FULL OF ODD TRAITS.
- AWKWARDNESS OF CARRYING WHISKY ABOUT.
- THE RIGHT SORT OF BOY.
- CHESTNUT-BURR IV—BILL NYE PAYS A BRIEF VISIT TO A PROFESSIONAL STAR READER.
- INGRATITUDE OF THE HUMAN HEART.
- CHESTNUT-BURR V—CONCERNING THE FRENCH MASTERPIECES AT THE ACADEMY OF DESIGN.
- CHESTNUT-BURR VI—BILL NYE DIAGNOSTICATES THE PLAINT OF A COUNTRY COUSIN.
- E. L. T.
- MEN ARE OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD.
- CHESTNUT-BURR VII—BILL NYE IN THE ROLE OF AN UTE INDIAN JENKINS.
- SURE CURE FOR BILIOUSNESS.
- CHESTNUT-BURR VIII—IN AN UNGUARDED MOMENT BILL NYE IS CAPTURED BY A POLITICAL SIREN.
- VIRTUE ITS OWN REWARD.
- A GOOD PAINTING FOR THE CAPITOL.
- CHESTNUT-BURR IX—BILL NYE DESCANTS UPON YOUNG IVES'S IDEAS IN FINANCE.
- THE ANTI-CLINKER BASE-BURNER BEE.
- CHESTNUT-BURR X—A FEW REMARKS ON OUR HOSTELRY SYSTEM AS IT NOW PREVAILS.
- PITY FOR SAD-EYED HUSBANDS.
- MARRIAGE.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XI—WILLIAM NYE VISITS ROYALTY FROM THE HOME OF THE HAM SANDWICH.
- THAI X DID MOT DU'
- A WORD OF EXPLANATION.
- CHESTNUT-BURR—THE HUMORIST INTERVIEWS HIS GRACE THE DUKE IN THE IMPROVED STYLE.
- THE CHINESE COMPOSITOR.
- THE TRUE AMERICAN.
- CHESTNUT-BURR—XII "THE OLD MAN ELOQUENT."
- CHESTNUT-BURR XIV—THE AMENDE HONORABLE.
- SWEET INFLUENCES OF CHANGING SEASONS.
- THE MARCH OF CIVILIZATION.
- CHESTNUT-BURR. XV—A BIG CORNER ON PORK.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XVI-PATRICK OLESON.
- PLEASURES OF SPRING.
- AN UNCLOUDED WELCOME.
- TOO MUCH GOD AND NO FLOUR.
- CHESTNUT-BURR. XVII—LONGING FOR HOME.
- DIGNITY.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XVIII—THE TRUE HISTORY OF DAMON AND PYTHIAS.
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- A TRYING SITUATION.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XIX—A STORY OF SPOTTED TAIL.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XX—THE ROMANCE OF HORSE-SHOEING.
- A CHILD'S FAITH.
- HOW TO PRESERVE TEETH.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XXI—EXPERIENCE ON THE FEVERISH HORNET.
- THE PICNIC PLANT.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XXII—ANCIENT BRIC-A-BRAC
- JOINT POWDER.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XIII—THE TWO-HEADED GIRL.
- OUR COMPLIMENTS.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XIV—A PATHETIC EPISODE IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN.
- THE SECRET OF HEALTH.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XXV—BILL NYE ESSAYS A NOVELETTE.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XXVI—THE DAUGHTER OF BOB TAIL FLUSH.
- LOAFING AROUND HOME.
- THE PLUMAGE OF THE OSTRICH.
- SOME EARNEST THOUGHTS.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XXVII—OUR GREAT NATIONAL MOTTO.
- A GRAVE QUESTION.
- THOUGHTS.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XVIII—BILL NYE AT A TOURNAMENT.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XXIX—A SOCIAL CURSE—THE MAN WHO INTERRUPTS.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XXX—A DISCOURSE ON CATS.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XXXI—THE GREAT ORATION OF SPARTACUS.
- CHESTNUT-BURR—WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE IN WYOMING.
- PIGEON-TOED PETE.
- CHESTNUT-BURR—CONCERNING THE SWALLOW.
- THE HAPPY CODFISH.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XXXIV—A NOVEL WAY OF MARKING CLOTHES.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XXXV—THE UNHAPPY HUMORIST.
- LARAMIE'S HANDKERCHIEF.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XXXVI—THE SODA LAKES OF WYOMING.
- THE COSTLY WATERMELON.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XXXVII—VIEWS OF CHICAGO.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XXXVIII—A SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM.
- MODERN FICTION IS UNRELIABLE.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XXXIX—SOME FACTS OF SCIENCE.
- A HAT DEPOSIT IN THE BLACK HILLS.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XL—SORROWS OF A ONE-LEGGED MAN.
- THE TRUE POET LOVES SECLUSION.
- A PIE OPENER
- CHESTNUT-BURR XLI—REVELATION IN UTAH.
- THE MODEL SLEEPING-CAR.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XLII—THE TONGUE-DESTROYING FRENCH LANGUAGE.
- CARVING SCHOOLS.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XLIV—ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.
- HOW TO DEAL WITH THE REVOLVER DIFFICULTY.
- THE FEMALE ARTISTE.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XLV—FUN OF BEING A PUBLISHER.
- A LESSON FROM THE MULE.
- CHESTNUT-BURR XLVI—PERFORMANCE OF THE PHOENIX.
- FIRMNESS.
- PUGILIST OR STATESMAN.
- CHESTNUT-BURR NYE AS A CRITIC AND NYE AS A POET.
- POETIC CHESTNUTS
- POEMS BY BILL NYE
- APOSTROPHE TO AN ORPHAN MULE.=
- ODE TO SPRING.
- FANTASIA FOR THE BASS DRUM; ADAPTED FROM THE GERMAN BY WILLIAM VON NYE.=
- THE PICNIC SNOOZER'S LAMENT.
- ODE TO THE CUCUMBER.=
- APOSTROPHE ADDRESSED TO O. WILDE.=
- ADJUSTABLE CAMPAIGN SONG.=
- THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW.=
- A BUSHEL OF SMALLER CHESTNUTS.
- THE TRUE TALE OF WILLIAM TELL.
- WHY WE WEEP.
- ETIQUETTE FOR THE YOUNG.
- SWEET SAINT VALENTINE.
- CARRYING REVOLVERS.
- THE AGITATED HEN.
- A FRONTIER INCIDENT.
- BANKRUPT SALE OF LITERARY GEMS.
- OFFICE OF THE MORMAN BAZOO.
- HINTS ON LETTER-WRITING.
- SUDDEN FAME.
- THE ENGLISH JOKE.
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